​How many types of scaffolding couplers are popular in the market?

Scaffolding couplers are essentially the fundamental component that is used to assemble tube-and-coupler scaffolding. As a kind of basic construction facility, it is widely used in all kinds of construction sites and plays a great auxiliary role. And its development process is quite long, from the beginning of the imperfect to the final step by step close to perfect, has experienced a long process. This article will introduce the common types and uses of scaffolding couplers.

The paper includes the contents as follow：

What is the role of scaffolding couplers in construction？

How many types of scaffolding couplers are popular in the market？

What is the material for the manufacture of scaffold couplers?

What is the role of scaffolding couplers in construction？

Scaffolding couplers are mounted on the scaffolding pipes to hold the struts in place. Depending on the structural application of the required support tubes and fittings, they support the interior to the internal struts or the internal to external struts by means of fixed or rotating fittings. Scaffolding couplers are suitable for all occasions. Whenever you connect two scaffolding tubes together, you need the right connector to get the job done.

How many types of scaffolding couplers are popular in the market？

There are three main types of scaffolding couplers: right-angle couplers, putlog couplers, and swivel couplers. To join tubes end-to-end joint pins (also called spigots) or sleeve couplers are used. Besides, there are different types and sizes of scaffolding couplers on the market. Some of the versions of the coupler are butterfly couplers, half couplers, swivel couplers, etc. Some of the other scaffolding fittings include wingnuts, brackets and other small fittings for fastening assembly. Bolts and pins are also used.

According to the production process, the scaffolding couplers sold on the market mainly have the following two kinds: drop forged couplers and pressed couplers. They specifically include British type couplers, Italian type couplers, German type couplers, American type couplers, and many other kinds of couplers as per your drawings.

What is the material for the manufacture of scaffolding couplers?

The scaffolding couplers are made of forged steel. Besides this other manufacturing methods are also used such as plasma cut steel, die-cast options, etc. The best scaffolding fittings should always meet the safety requirement. The standards of these scaffolding fittings are mainly set by The ISO; it is a universal manufacturing rating system. Other regulations and standards differ from country to country. Such as British or JIS and so on.

These scaffolding couplers are important in the safety and security of your workers and construction project. It can both create a stable scaffold structure and also be used in various other industries such as Petrochemical/Water Conservancy and Hydropower/Traffic Engineering/Civil Buildings/ Ocean Engineering. Golden Resource offers our clients a quality range of scaffolding couplers which are widely required in diverse industrial applications. If you are interested in the scaffolding couplers, please contact us.